Chinese Optics, Volume. 15, Issue 5, 973(2022)

Overview of key technologies for segmented mirrors of large-aperture optical telescopes

Yin-long HUO1,2, Fei YANG1,2、*, and Fu-guo WANG1,2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China
  • 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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    Category: Review

    Received: May. 31, 2022

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Sep. 29, 2022

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    DOI:10.37188/CO.2022-0109

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